Nursery Rhymes By Theme – First Semester

Theme / Rhyme / Image
My School, Ready for School / This is the Way we go to School
This is the way we go to school, go to school, go to school.
This is the way we go to school, so early in the morning.
(Add verses: This is the way we make a line…, wash our hands, etc.) /
School, Beginning counting / 1, 2 Buckle My Shoe
One, two, buckle my shoe.
Three, four, shut the door.
Five, six, pick up sticks.
Seven, eight, lay them straight.
Nine, ten, a big fat hen (or “start all over again”.) /
My School, Who’s in My Family (Pets) / Mary Had a Little Lamb
Mary had a little lamb.
It's fleece was white as snow.
And everywhere that Mary went,
The lamb was sure to go.
It followed her to school one day
Which was against the rule.
It made the children laugh and play
To see a lamb at school. /
Getting Along, We Take Care of Each Other / Humpty Dumpty
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the king's horses and all the king's men
Couldn't put Humpty together again. /
Friends, Learning Together / Jack and Jill
Jack and Jill went up the hill
To fetch a pail of water.
Jack fell down and broke his crown,
And Jill came tumbling after. /
Who’s in my family? We Take Care of Each Other, All Kinds of Families / There Was an Old Woman who Lived in a Shoe
There was an old woman who lived in a shoe.
She had so many children,
She didn't know what to do.
She gave them some broth without any bread,
Then kissed them all soundly
And put them to bed. /
Who’s in my family? (Pets), We take care of each other / Old Mother Hubbard
Old Mother Hubbard
Went to the cupboard.
To get her poor dog a bone.
But when she got there,
The cupboard was bare,
So her poor dog had none. /
Who’s in My Family (Pets), We take care of each other / Little Bo Peep
Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep
And can’t tell where to find them.
Leave them alone and they’ll come home
Wagging their tails behind them. /
Who’s in My Family, We Take Care of Each Other / Three Little Kittens
Three little kittens they lost their mittens,
and they began to cry,
"Oh mother dear, we sadly fear that we have lost our mittens."
"What! Lost your mittens, you naughty kittens!
Then you shall have no pie."
"Meeow, meeow, meeow, now we shall have no pie."
The three little kittens they found their mittens,
And they began to cry,
"Oh mother dear, see here, see here
For we have found our mittens."
"Put on your mittens, you silly kittens
And you shall have some pie"
"Meeow, meeow, meeow,
Now let us have some pie."
The three little kittens put on their mittens
And soon ate up the pie,
"Oh mother dear, we greatly fear
That we have soiled our mittens."
"What! soiled you mittens, you naughty kittens!"
Then they began to cry, "Meeow, meeow, meeow"
Then they began to sigh.
The three little kittens they washed their mittens
And hung them out to dry,
"Oh mother dear, do you not hear
That we have washed our mittens."
"What! washed your mittens, you are good kittens."
But I smell a rat close by,
"Meeow, meeow, meeow" we smell a rat close by... /
We Take Care of Each Other, How Do Plants Grow?, Eating Well, / Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater
Peter, Peter, Pumpkin eater
Had a wife and couldn't keep her.
He put her in a pumpkin shell,
And there he kept her very well. /
How Do Plant Grow? / Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary
Mary, Mary, quite contrary,
How does your garden grow?
With silver bells, and cockle shells,
And pretty maids all in a row. /
Eating Well / Jack Sprat Could Eat No Fat
Jack Sprat could eat no fat.
His wife could eat no lean.
So between them both you see,
They licked the platter clean. /
Taking Care of Self (Use this as an exercise activity and/or Staying Safe: “Not safe to play with fire”) / Jack Be Nimble
Jack be nimble,
Jack be quick
Jack jump over
the candlestick. /
Eating Well / Pat-a-Cake
Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake
Baker’s man,
Bake me a cake as fast as you can.
Pat it, and prick it, and mark it with a “B”.
Put it in the oven for Baby and me. /
Eating Well, Christmas / Little Jack Horner
Little Jack Horner sat in a corner
Eating his Christmas pie.
He put in his thumb
and pulled out a plum
And said “What a good boy am I”. /
What’s in the Sky? / Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
Twinkle, twinkle, little star.
How I wonder what you are
Up above the world so high.
Like a diamond (rhombus) in the sky.
Twinkle, twinkle little star.
How I wonder what you are. /
What’s in the Sky? / Hey, Diddle, Diddle
Hey, diddle, diddle,
the cat and the fiddle.
The cow jumped over the moon.
The little dog laughed to see such sport.
And the dish ran away with the spoon. /
What’s in the Sky? / Star Light, Star Bright
Star light, star bright,
First star I see tonight.
I wish I may, I wish I might,
have the wish I wish tonight. /
Misc.
(or People We Meet/Community Helpers) / Little Boy Blue
Little Boy Blue,
Come blow your horn,
The sheep’s in the meadow,
The cow’s in the corn.
Where is the little boy who looks after the sheep?
He’s in the haystack fast asleep. /